These aims and objectives are met through a variety of activities, some of which are listed below:

Meetings
We hold a number of indoor meetings from September to March, with a range of topics that involve both mammals and other wildlife.

Friday 25th January: Pat Morris - 'Edible Dormice' In addition to being the countries leading expert on Edible Dormice, Pat Morris is also Britain's authority on Hedgehogs and Hazel Dormice. Pat is justly well known for the imaginative research he has carried out to increase knowledge of these three species. He has even found time to write several books, which manage to be easy to read and understand, whilst at the same time being extremely informative. Held at Tyland Barn at 19:30.

Friday 29th February: Adriana Consorte-McCrea - 'Maned Wolves'. Adriana is a lecturer at Christ Church University. She is currently carrying out a PhD on the Maned wolf Chrysocyon brachyurus in her native Brazil. Adriana's main research interests are: conflict between carnivores and people; and wild mammal re-introduction. Held at Tyland Barn at 19:30.

Friday 28th March: Helen Newing - 'Duikers - forest antelopes in West Africa'. Dr Helen Newing is at present a lecturer in conservation social science at the Durrell institute for Conservation ecology at the University of Kent. In the past she has worked as an assistant policy consultant for Oxfam, and co-ordinated international conservation for WWF. Helens PhD was based on the behavioural ecology of Duikers. Held at Tyland Barn at 19:30.

Friday 26th September: Brett Lewis will talk about his latest research on seals.

Courses
We run courses throughout the year, mainly at Wildwood Trust, Herne Common. We are also affiliated with the Mammal Society who run a number of courses. For further details on the Mammal Society, please visit www.abdn.ac.uk/mammal

New mammal courses for the coming year

FREE* mammal survey training
(* for those who carry out a survey in their local area)

For more information or to book a place contact Hazel Ryan on 01227 711900 or hazel@wildwoodtrust.org

The next training courses will be held on Saturday 12th January 2008 for small mammal trapping and surveying, and Saturday 26th January 2008 for large mammal identification.

Events
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Membership
Current subscription rates are:
- Individual £7
- Family £8.50
- Voluntary Organisation £10

For further information, please contact Jon Bramley
jonathan.bramley@btopenworld.com, or telephone: 01227 750092.